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Location-specific trainings should be provided to farmers using the SRI method. The neighborhood approach (farmer-to-farmer) should be employed and trained farmers should help the new farmers. Jagathambal practicing weeding in her field SRI crop ready for harvest Farmers’ Experiences 71
Tamil Nadu K. Swaminathan Agraharam Street, Kamakshipuram Tanjavur Tamil Nadu Ph: 9444659142 Contact: Mr.Ramasubramaniyan, Chief, Samanvaya Mylapore, Chennai 600 004. Ph: 9444957781 Paddy cultivation 72 Age: 45 years Education: B.Com, B.L Family size: Seven Occupation(s): Agriculture and Law No. of years in farming: Four Swaminathan’s total agriculture land is 35 acres, while the extent of paddy land is 22 acres. His water sources are bore well, and the Kaveri river. The soil in his land is a black clay soil, in which he uses organic farm yard manure and organic inputs. SRI adoption He learnt about SRI from media reports and the farming community and adopted it in the year 2006. Since he began on his own, he learnt it by trial and experimentation. Swaminathan is pursuing SRI despite resistance from his own family as well as labourers in his region, though his father had prior experience with row-planting and early transplantation. Even though he had received subsidy for 3 acres this year, he did not start SRI practice with the subsidy in mind, he said. Hence he would continue with SRI even if the subsidy is stopped. In his village, two of his cousins are also practicing SRI and in total there are about 50 acres under SRI. Presently, Swaminathan has 22 acres under SRI. He cultivates varieties like Ponni, ADT 36 / 43 / 46, P.S. 44, CR 1009, and some hybrids. He uses organic farm yard manure, micronutrients and bio-fertilizers, cow-dung compost, Amirtha Karaisal etc., as inputs. He uses every possible tools and implements like Conoweeder, Rope Marker, Seed-drum, Harvester, and Leaf-colour cards. He follows the SRI Practices as given below: Transplanting younger seedlings of 15 days old Square planting of 2 seedlings together 2 2 2 Wide square pattern (distances varying 22.5 cm , 30 X 25 cm , & 30 cm ) Intermittent wetting and drying
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Assam Anil Changmai Changmai Gohain
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Chhattisgarh 14 Amar Singh Patel Ra
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Gujarat Comparative study Particula
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Page 47 and 48: Jharkhand Paddy cultivation 34 Jane
Page 49 and 50: Kerala 36 A. Sasidharan Pillai Nell
Page 51 and 52: Kerala 38 other farmers visited his
Page 53 and 54: Kerala Lessons learnt Line planting
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Page 57 and 58: Madhya Pradesh Date of Sowing 02.07
Page 59 and 60: Madhya Pradesh Shivji Kushram Moiya
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Page 65 and 66: Orissa Paddy cultivation 52 Debahar
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